Distinctive in appearance and name, staghorn fern is a species belonging to the genus Platycerium and the family Polypodiaceae. These ferns can be identified by their fronds, which bear an ...

For sheer pop, indoors or out, staghorn ferns (Platycerium spp) can’t be beat. Once considered difficult to grow in San Diego County, staghorn ferns are now commonly found in nurseries, hanging on ...

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Ferns were among the earliest plants and evolved millions of years ago. They were a major part of early forests in the days of the dinosaurs and perhaps the first to come back after the great asteroid ...

Staghorn ferns hang from trees or rocks and glean nutrients and moisture from the air. At home, they can be mounted on wood or fit into wire baskets with wet sphagnum. (Submitted photo) One of my best ...

A question for Dan Gill: A dear friend gave me a staghorn fern four or five years ago, and it now seems to have fallen on hard times. The round ball out of which the antlers grow seems to be ...

For sheer pop, indoors or out, staghorn ferns (Platycerium spp) can’t be beat. Once considered difficult to grow in San Diego County, staghorn ferns are now commonly found in nurseries,... March 11, ...

Hawaiian gardens have long been famous for their vast array of orchids and other showy flowering plants. Ferns on the other hand don’t get top billing in most landscapes even though they were probably ...

Kevin Burns receives funding from Victoria University of Wellington and the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund. Social colonies are nothing new in the animal kingdom. We know bees, ants and ...

Question: Our staghorn fern is getting dark spots on the long leaves. Last time, I put banana peels in with the plant, and it cleared it up. Should I do it again? Answer: Sometimes plants recover from ...

Q: My 20-year-old staghorn fern has developed brown powdery areas on the undersides of the leaves. What do I use to get rid of this? — B.B., Houston A: Staghorn fern produces basal or sterile fronds ...